Saturday, August 17, 2002
I tested our sonic.net DSL connection at about 12:30 AM this morning (shortly after midnight). From the San Jose server, I got 1158/108! Awesome! I retested with the Los Angeles server and got 1216/110! Gotta love Sonic! Tried to pick up our mail from Jennifer Russow, but she wasn't home. Tried to go to the shoe store that Brian Kusler recommended to me at 19th and Valencia, but it wasn't open yet. Lunch at Khun Phoa Thai Cuisine on Market. We'd never been before and weren't impressed. Patrick had the yellow curry chicken, which failed to have tender meat and succeeded in having a too watery sauce. I had pad thai with prawns, which was not extraordinary. Visited Brian and Kelly, who were now taking antibiotics for strep, into which their recent colds had turned. Dinner with Julianne Bonnet and Danae Clohan at Home Restaurant. It was my first time seeing Julianne since perhaps 1993-ish when she was with Dan. She's 8 months pregnant but still looks great as ever. We talked about their baby making process (Anthony is a gay friend of theirs, Gwen is the name they chose for their forthcoming baby girl), cities in which to live, labelling in the queer community, their house remodel. Our meals were delicious: To start, Patrick had a bean soup and I had a small hearts of romaine, and Julianne and Danae shared a salad. Entrees: Patrick had salmon, I had the risotto, Julianne and Danae shared the vegetarian version of the risotto. Desserts: banana bread pudding and something with fruit—a berry cobbler? After that, we all used Brian and Kelly's bathroom since the line for the bathroom at Home Restaurant was 10 people long (and only 2 single-use bathrooms). Brian and Kelly had Chinese food, and after they took us to meet their friend Mark in the panhandle.